MIRPUR – Pakistan are all set to face United Arab Emirates in the 6th match at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Monday (today).
The match will start at 6:30 PST. The Pakistan team will step onto the pitch with enthusiasm to clinch their first victory in the tournament.
-UAE happy with the Asia Cup experience as they get set to face Pakistan –
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Pakistan are a little hurt after losing to arch- rivals India by five wickets in a low-scoring encounter on Saturday. UAE’s problems against big teams have been their batting as they lost to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh despite restricting the two Test playing nations to scores of 129 or 133 respectively.
UAE could manage 115 and 82 in these two matches. Talking about the key batsmen in both teams, Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez has played 72 T20 matches so far and smashed 1518 runs while Rohan Mustafa in UAE has hit 228 runs in 14 T20s until now.
Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi can depress the competitor whereas UAE captain Amjad Javed can also give befitting response.
– Pakistan has world’s best pace attack–
Pakistan’s bowling coach Azhar Mahmood reckons that the trio of Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Irfan and Wahab Riaz will be a potent threat to opposition in Asia Cup.
On bowling side, Pakistan’s energetic Mohammad Amir is ready to stun the Aaqib Javed’s team but the UAE have all the hopes with experienced Mohammad Naveed who has sent 19 players to pavilion in 12 T20 only.
Earlier, Pakistan’s batsmen struggled against Indian pacers and spinners and failed to put on partnerships as most of the batsmen fell due to lose shots.
As usual, it was the bowling that was the bright spot during their loss to India. Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Sami bowled beautifully and were ably supported by Irfan and Wahab Riaz. UAE on the other hand had lost both their games in the Asia Cup, and will need a win here if they are to remain in the competition.
Squads:
Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Sharjeel Khan, Khurram Manzoor, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed (WK), Shahid Afridi (C), Wahab Riaz ,Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Amir, Irfan.
UAE: Muhammad Kaleem, Rohan Mustafa, Shaiman Anwar, Mohammad Shahzad, Mohammad Usman, Amjad Javed (C), Saqlain Haider, Swapnil Patel (WK), Qadeer Ahmed, Ahmed Raza, Mohammad Naveed.
